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Talking Points for Letters: Issues with Compressor Stations

Compressor stations will be required to maintain the pressure in the pipeline.

Compressor stations will be need at a minimum every 40-100 miles, but since a pipeline of this size in mountainous terrain has not be attempted, some estimate the distance between compressor stations in the NRV could be as close as every 10 miles.

Compressor stations generally begin with two 1,340 HP natural gas burning compressors. That number generally grows to five 1,340 HP compressors when the pipeline reaches full capacity.

Compressor stations will require approximately 10-20 acres of land which will be “purchased” from landowners or county governments, possibly under eminent domain.

The compressors will burn natural gas producing both toxic and global warming fumes and a lot of noise.

The average will be 55 decimals (dBs) which is about the sound of a conversation – and that will occur 24/7. But that is on average with some estimates ranging from 40 – 90 dBs.

Compressor stations will diminish the vistas which attract so many tourist to our area.

About Preserve the NRV

Preserve the NRV is a citizen advocacy group working to stop the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline. The group will work with the citizens of the New River Valley, as well as all of the impacted regions in Virginia and West Virginia to advance a shared mission of stopping the pipeline project and, if necessary, advise on any possible construction routes and sites for the proposed pipeline that would diminish the negative consequence of the project on the environment, land, and citizens of Virginia and West Virginia.